The Seven King's Daughters

X:2
T:The Seven King's Daughters
T:Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight
B:Bronson
O:Arthur Kyle Davis jr. "Traditional Ballads of Virginia",
O:1929, pp. 551(Q) and 84 (Maxie).
O:Sung by Mrs Dan Maxie (neé Holland), Altavista, Va., March
O:23, 1914;  Learned from her mother.  Collected by Juliet Fauntleroy.
N:I can't align the words. S in the abc represents end-of phrase.
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gmix % Pentatonic ( -4 -7) Lydian/Ionian/Mixolydian [Pi 1]
D2 | G2 D2 G2 A2 | B2 B2 AG E SD |
G4 A4 | G6 SB2 | d2 B2 d2 e2 |
B2 B2 AG SED | G2 G2 A2 BA | G6 z2 |]
W:
W:She picked him up so shyly,
W:She hauled him in the sea.
W:Lie there, lie there you false-eyed vilyun
W:Instead of me.
W:Six of the king's daughters you've drownded,
W:And the seventh one you shall be.

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